Journal of Biochemistry Research

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 The fruits of winter squash (Cucurbita moschata D.) are important sources of bioactive components such as carotenoids, phenolic compounds, and flavonoids. The seed oil of C. moschata has a high content of unsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, associated with high levels of antioxidant components, making its use promising for human consumption. Winter squash (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne) is one of the species of greatest socioeconomic importance in the Cucurbita genus. Characteristically, plants of the genus Cucurbita have an annual cycle and indeterminate growth habit. Archaeological evidence points out that C. moschata was domesticated in Latin America and consensually, it is assumed that Colombia is its primary center of diversity with the process of dispersion, C. moschata was introduced in the continents of North America and Asia. Characteristically, C. moschata expresses high genetic variability in all the regions where it is partly as a result of natural hybridization between populations of this species. The variability of C. moschata is especially high in Brazil something closely related to the populations involved in its cultivation, predominantly family-based farmers. The selection practiced over time by these populations, associated with the exchange of seeds practiced between them, has contributed to the extension of the genetic variability in this species.  

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